New England-Atlanta…Sunday-3:30pm….Patriots making 9th Appearance…Falcons 2nd time in 51-years of franchise….Bill Belicheck (25-10) in post season career….Tom Brady (24-9) in post seson….Brady (4-2) in Super Bowl games…Belicheck-Brady 24-post season wins together…in 7th Super Bowl together….Belicheck is (4-0) vs Falcons in career…Matt Ryan is (3-4) in career in postseason.

Patriots…Come in with 9-wins in a row
..Brady (3,554Y) passing (35-TD-2 Intc) this year
..Julian Edleman (98R)…James White (60R)
..Patriots RBs (84R)…RBs (1,610Y) rushing.
..New England (386Y) per game in regular season on offense
..New England (404Y) per game in playoffs on offense
..New England (326Y) per game in regular season on defense
..New England (326Y) per game also in post season on defense
..New England-Defense 37-sacks..17-picks..16-fumbles recovered
..New England-Ranked #8 on defense…#1-scoring defense (15Pt) game

Falcons…Come in with 6-wins in a row
..Ryan (4,944Y) passing (45-TD-8 Intc) this season
..Julio Jones (83R-1,409Y-16YPC)
..Devonta Freeman-Tevin Coleman (2,482APY)..85-receptions
..Atlanta (415Y) per game in regular season on offense
..Atlanta (457Y) per game postseason on offense
..Atlanta (371Y) per game defense-regular season
..Atlanta (338Y) per game defense in playoffs
..Atlanta-Defense 39-sacks..15 picks..17 fumbles recovered
..Atlanta-Ranked #24-on defenseDefense
..Atlanta-during 6G win streak-has 13-takeaways..offense (39Pts) game

(Keys to Game)

Patriots expected to jam Falcons WRs-disrupt patterns-force Ryan to hold the ball-take away chunk plays…Big matchup will be CB-Malcom Butler-vs-Julio Jones….Can they cover Taylor Gabriel-Mo Sanu in single coverage if they double Jones… Will they stop RBs from making big plays run and pass…Can you defend tight ends if you take other things away.

Falcons defense will be challenged deep…Must stop yards after catch….defend sideline to side line…Can you defend tight ends in the game?….Can Atlanta quick pass rush get Brady off his spot…

(Final Score)…Patriots 31-24…Belicheck too many defensive schemes for Ryan to deal with…Will be turnovers…Will be penalties.

SD Gulls-at-Ontario….Gulls are (10-1-1) in last 12 games-back in playoff race.
Gulls..G-Jhonas Enroth (6-0) 1.17-GAA since early January

Ducks-at-Florida…Anahiem in 3-way battle with San Jose-Edmonton for first place in Pacific Division.

NHL…President Gary Bettman-Union Chiefs meet with IOC President Thomas Bach about 2018-Winter Games in South Korea…NHL refusing to stop season for 2-weeks…feuding with IOC over refusal to pay player’s expenses and insurance